From crocodiles and sharks, to deadly spiders and snakes, Australia is notorious for being home to some of the deadliest animals on the planet.

Now a new Australian horror movie is set to shed light on a whole new breed of deadly predators: wild dogs.

The Pack starts shooting in the South Australian Outback in June and follows the journey of a family fighting to survive after their rural property becomes besieged by ravenous dogs.

It's a terrifying premise, and one that producer Kent Smith reveals is based on several 'real life' occurrences.

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Real-life danger: Wild dogs attacking people is the basis of a new Australian horror movie, but they are also a genuine danger - such as this feral pup caught in a trapping program in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

'There's so many stories at the moment - true stories - out there about the dogs increasing in numbers and becoming more vicious,' he told the MailOnline.

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'It's not just prevalent in dingo country, it's something that has expanded all across Australia and gradually been getting worse and worse.

'The problem is farmers are continually shooting wild dogs but they can't get on top of it because the numbers are so great.

'Farm animals are easy prey, but they (the dogs) are getting bolder.'

Teaser poster: The Pack is set on a rural property in Outback Australia where a family comes under attack from ravenous wild dogs

Similar themes: The film's producer compared the Aussie horror movie to The Grey, which saw Liam Neeson face off against a pack of wolves in the wild

In a study completed by agriculture research body ABARES in May, farmers across the country have been reporting kills from packs of wild dogs up to two and three times a week.

The landholders plagued by the feral animals have reported anxiety and stress over constant worrying about when the next attack will occur.

'We interviewed farmers and their families... what we found was that people had experienced quite significant levels of trauma and the nature of that trauma was very intrusive,' ABARES Chief scientist Kim Ritman told ABC Rural.

'It is always there, it is on their mind, it is in their face.

'It is a real stress for people.'

Serious issue: Attacks on livestock - such as this sheep in Monaro in New South Wales - have been occurring two to three times a week for Australian farmers

With incidents ranging from the Numbla Vale Valley in southern New South Wales to Glenorie Station in Queensland - where teams of marksman have been hired to try and cull wild dog numbers - the problem is widespread and increasing dramatically.

The size of the dogs has also gotten bigger, Dr Ricky Spencer of the University of Western Sydney telling ABC Rural that they have grown much larger over the past 40 years as hunting dogs - traditionally trained for hunting wild pigs - have bred with dingos.

'Australia is the last frontier of scary animals,' said Smith, who likened The Pack to critical hit The Grey which pitted Liam Neeson against a pack of wolves in the wilderness.

'Usually we think big things like crocodiles, great white sharks, feral boars, or even smaller nasties like spiders and snakes.

Inspired by true events: Concept art for The Pack hints at the look of the film's villains, which will be a combination of real dogs, animatronic puppets and CGI

'But this isn't a problem that's a freak of nature, it has been created by people: people who have mistreated the dogs and trained them to attack.

'When they've escaped and bred with wild animals, it's led to them becoming bigger and bolder.

'Australia is really a scary place – especially for people overseas - and I think we take it for granted that it's not as scary as we think.'

The Pack is set to be the directorial debut of Nick Robertson - who is best know for his commercial work - and being made on a similar budget to the original Wolf Creek film, which was shot for just under $3 million.

Man's best frenemy: It won't be the first time dogs have gone bad on screen, with 1983 film Cujo based on a Stephen King novel

Man Vs Wild: Neeson starred in The Grey, which was a massive hit back in 2011 when it took $77.3M at the box-office

Currently in the middle of casting, the real stars of the film - the wild dogs - will be played by a combination of trained animals, animatronic puppets and CGI creations.

With sales in the US already secured, the horror movie is co-production between Smith's Kojo films (the team behind Essie Davis' The Babadook and Wolf Creek one and two) and Prodigy Movies, who made other Australian creature features The Reef and Black Water.

The five week shoot will see the film ready for a cinematic release in early 2015 under new genre label Breakout Movies.

Creature feature: The Pack is a co-production with Prodigy Movies who were behind shark thriller The Reef, which starred Gyton Grantley

Aussie horror: The company were also responsible for crocodile movie Black Water, which was a sleeper hit